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Volume C, Number 21
University of Southern California
Friday, February 7, 1986
Moped problem examined
Warnings may be replaced by citations
By Gerhard Taeubel
Staff Writer
Reckless moped drivers have prompted a university crackdown on operation violations by owners of these increasingly popular vehicles, said Dennis Archambault, special project administrator of Security and Parking Operations.
While efforts to curb the number of violations are currently limited to an educational approach, the university, apparently frustrated by recurring violations, is “moving rapidly toward (issuing citations)," he said.
The Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday urging Parking Operations to begin issuing vehicle citations March 3.
The university has intensified its crackdown in the past two weeks by issuing warnings, providing violators with maps and copies of university motor vehicle policy, and recording the names and license numbers of the drivers. Parking Operations has refrained, however, from citing drivers stopped for violating regulations.
Last week, university parking officers and members of the university bicycle program issued "in excess of 50" warnings, said Mike Lanier, student supervisor of the bicycle program. Some of the offenders received as many as two or three warnings, he said.
Stepping up efforts to catch violators, officials said they hope to stop drivers from riding motor scooters on Trousdale Parkway and Childs Way, the campus' heavily congested mall. Campus regulations do not allow motor-driven cycles to be
parked or driven on those two streets.
Derrick Isa, sponsor of the senate resolution, said motor scooters pose a "potential hazard" to pedestrians and bicyclists.
"The main concern is just for student safety," Isa said.
If the warnings continue to be ineffective, repeat offenders may be cited or their vehicles impounded as early as the end of February, Lanier said.
He said he has noticed only a slight decrease in the number of violations since the crackdown began.
Archambault said the university is also considering more stringent methods to halt the violations, including the involvement of the LAPD.
Since most of the motor scooters at the university are owned by students residing off campus, an increase in police patrols on campus and near campus entrances is a possiblity, he said.
Twenty-five percent of the scooters on campus are without licenses, he said.
"What I am amazed at is how many people think that (a motor scooter is) like a bicycle," and thus subject to the same regulations, Archambault said.
Archambault said the burgeoning number of scooters on campus in the past year has directly affected the decision to crack down on motor scooter violations. Over 50 scooters can be found on campus this year, as opposed to last year's maximum of 10, he said.
This increase is why the problem has magnified, Archambault said.
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Members of the Bicycle Program try to keep the university orderly by keeping bikes in line.
Science requirements recategorized by LAS
By Katherine Dyar
Stall Writer
Required science dasses lor students in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences whose degree objective is a Bachelor of Arts have been regrouped into three new categories for the Fall 1986 semester.
Richard Fliegel, assistant coordinator for general education, said the list A and list B division between the macroscopic and .microscopic sciences was reorganized into three new categories: earth sciences, life sciences and physical sciences.
The earth sciences category will include courses in astronomy, geography and geology. The physical sciences category will also contain classes in astronomy, as well as chemistry and physics.
The life sciences category will be made up of classes in biology, physical education, and gerontology. A multiple disciplinary activities class. Introduction to Neuroscience, will also be included in the life-science category.
The new listings will only apply to incoming freshman and transfer students who enroll next semester.
Previously, Fliegel said, students were required to choose one class from List A, one from List B, and one more from either category. Next year, however, students will choose one class from each new division and must make sure that one of those choices includes a class with a lab session.
The new listings will only apply to incoming freshmen and transfer students who enroll next semester. Returning students will not be affected by the new lab dass requirement.
Fliegel said the natural world subcommittee, as part of the general education review process, dedded to make the changes "to clarity’ for everyone what the requirements are, and what they should be."
Fliegel emphasized that students should make sure that the dass they choose to satisfy their general education requirement is one of the courses induded in the three categories.
The subcommittee is still in the process of reviewing the general education dasses and has not yet dedded which ones will be included in the final listings.
Janelle Howatt, a director for LAS advisement, said that she hopes the new' listings will help clarify the requirements for students.
"I don't think anyone really understood the meaning of List A and List B," she said.
Academic review committee formed to evaluate university departments
By Sharon Nazarian
Staff Writer
The Office of the Provost and the Graduate and Professional Studies Committee has formed a unique committee to review the university's academic department.
The Committee on Academic Program Review will review the university's academic departments to determine the quality of undergraduate and graduate programs, research activity, and the
Physical education, history, civil engineering and East Asian languages will be reviewed.
number of programs available for continuing and extended education, said Jerome Walker, assistant provost.
The first departments that will be reviewed are physical education, history, dvil engineering and East Asian languages and cultures.
At the recommendation of the committee and the dean of the department being reviewed, the provost will select several minor review committees to study each department, Walker said. These smaller ad hoc committees will conduct the reviews by devoting two days to on-location visits and discussing the different programs of the department. On the third day, they will draft their report for the provost.
Each committee will be made up of experts from the university and from other institutions in the spedfic fields that will be analyzed, said Solomon Golomb, head of the University Curriculum Committee.
In a letter to each of the departments, the Provost's office explained in general terms what the review board will be looking for.
In the physical education department, the board has asked that spedal attention be given to the number and quality of .the doctoral programs.
In the history department, the board is interested in the structure of the graduate programs because in the past some issues have been raised by the Graduate and Professional Studies Committee. The department has been debating these issues, and now it is a matter of determining spedfic plans.
In the department of dvil engineering, the committee will determine the effects of a reorganization that took place two years ago and discuss priorities for further development.
In the department of East Asian languages and cultures, no spedfic issue will be addressed.
The idea for the review committee stemmed from the success of the review program that assesses the performance of deans every five years. Walker said this kind of review has worked very wiell in the past. This new program has the same purpose but will take place every 10 years.
"The program is assodated with a process of more comprehensive curriculum review, because this review is broader than that of any single undergraduate, master's or professional program," Walker said.
Walker explained that before the review is actually conducted, the selected departments will be asked to take part in a self-study. This analysis will focus on 12 criteria that each department must study and report on, including academic strengths and weaknesses, admissions standards, and the quality of the students, faculty, and researcher contributions.
The self-studies are to have been completed and turned into the Office of the Provost by March 10, and the visiting committees will start their work by late March or early April.
After the ad hoc committees have been appoint-
The committee will be chaired by Solomon Golomb, head of the University Curriculum Committee.
ed and visit the departments, they will give reports to the review committee, which will examine the information, ask for any clarifications, and give their assessments to the Office of the Provost.
The committee will be chaired by Golomb. Other members include David Peterson, chairman of the Continuing Education Committee; June Marshall, chairwoman of the Undergraduate Studies Committee; Maurice Hamovitch, chairman of the Graduate and Professional Studies Committee; Thomas Henyey, chairman of the Research Committee; and Charles Oxnard, chairman of the Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure.